Clothes-pounder



I (No Model.)

- J. JUST.

' CLOTHES POUNDER. No. 314,534 Patented Mar. 24, 1885.

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JOHN JUST, OF SAUK CITY, WISCONSIN.

CLOTH ES- POUNDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 314,534, dated March 24, 1885.

Application filed March 11, 1584. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN JUST, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Sauk City, in the county of Sank and State of lVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Olotheslounders; and I do' hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part-of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective inverted view of my improved clothespounder. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the interior of the ftlF-Cllttlllber, showing the spring-actuated air-valve; and Fig. 4. is a horizontal sectional view through the air-chamber and valve on line at m in Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to clothespounders of that class which are provided with an air-chamber adapted to feed air and soap-suds from the outside into the interior of the pounder, the air contained in the pounder casing being forced through the clothes on each downward stroke of the apparatus; and my improvement consists in the detailed construction of the pounder, as diereinai'ter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A denotes the funnel-shaped casing of the pounder, which is made of sheet metal, and has a transverse diaphragm, B, in its upper part, forming the air-chamber a, which communicates with the lower part of the inside of the funnel through an aperture, Z), which is closed by a valve, 0, having an annular seat, D, upon which the valve rests when open. The valve plays upon pins d, which connect the annular ring or seat D to the under side of the diaphragm B.

The interior of the funnel below the dia phragm B is constructed with a transverse vertical diaphragm, E, having apertures e, and two horseshoe-shaped partitions, F, having I apertures f. The inner ends of the curved plates or partition-walls F abut upon the middle part of the transverse wall or diaphragm E, thus forming six chambers or compartments inside of the funnel, which communicate with one another through the apertures eand f and through the open space below the diaphragm B and its valve C.

In one side of the airchamber a is an apvalve, H, hinged on one side upon a wire bail or staple, I, and connected to a curved spring, J, which crosses the apex of the funnel, and is fastened, by soldering or otherwise, to the opposite side of chamber (1. This spring operates to keep the valve H closed, except when sufficient pressure is brought to bear against it from the outside through the aperture G to overcome the tension of the bent spring J, when it will be partly opened, so as to admit the suds into the chamber a. Air is fed into this chamber through apertures 70 in the tubular stock K, the upper end of which is suit ably fastened to the crossbar or handle L.

From the foregoing description, taken in this device will readily be understood without requiring further explanation.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- In a clothes-pouuder of the described class, the combination of the funnel A, having diaphragm B, annular valve seat D, and perforated part-ition-walls E and F, arranged as described, valve 0, spring actuated hinged valve H, located inside of the air-chamber and covering its aperture G, and tubular stock K, provided with air-holes 7c, the whole constructed and combined in the manner and for the purpose herein shown and specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my presence of two witnesses.

JOHN JUST.

IVitnesses:

E. AUG. RUNYE, J. STEPHENS TRIPP.

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